Improvement in corn-husking machines



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Improvement in Cor'n-Husking Machines.

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Improvement -in Corn-Husking Machines.

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Improvement in Corn-Husking Machines.

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JACOB RUSSELL, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO- JACOB CHAOE AND JAMES DUNNING, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,801, dated June 11, 1872.

' SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, J ACOB RUSSELL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Power Corn-Husker Machines 5 and l do hereby declare the following to be a full description of the same.

The nature of my invention consists: First, in the combination of a corn-husker machine with a platform and horizontally revolving horse-power cog-wheel elevated upon or supported by the axles of a four-wheeled truck, whereby the husker-machine may be transported from row to row of corn throughout the field to husk the corn by the simpleoperation lof unshipping the horses from horse power cog-wheel and connecting them to the laxle of the truck. Second, in the combination of a husker-machine and platform with a horizontally-revolvinghorse-power cog-wheel andvertically-rotatin g pinion-wheel shaft, for the purpose of transmitting rotatory motion to the stripper-rollers and husker-rollers by suitable bevel-cog wheels on said vertical shaft for that object. Third, in combination with a huskerroller, by means of longitudinal grooves therein, one or more adjustable comb-racks or rods of metal, having secured thereto one or more revolving spur-wheels, for the purpose of presenting a succession of revolving points to act on the husk to assist in separating it from the ear of corn; but To describe my invention more particularly I will refer to the accompanying drawing form'- ing a part of this specification, the same letters of reference wherever they occur referring to like parts.

Sheet l, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the horse-power corn-husker. Sheet 1, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Sheet 2, Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the line m Fig. 2, Sheet 2. Sheet 2, Fig. 4 is a front-end view of same. Sheet 3, Fig. 5 is a back-end view of same. Sheet 3, Fig. Gis a transverse sectional view through the line :v2 x2, Fig. 2, Sheet 2. Sheet 4, Fig. 7 is a detached plan view of the horse-power cog-wheel and pinion-wheel for rotating the husker and stripper rollers. Sheet 4, Fig. 8 is a detached view of one of nectlng the truck with the horse-power and plate is intended to be broad enough to form a good steady support for the horse-,power wheel H to rotate on. The wheel rotates round the stud E, and, for the purpose of communicating rotatory motion to the husker and stripper rollers of themachine, co gs or teeth are formed on its inner circumference or outer circumference, as may be desired. These cogs engage withapinion-wheel,1, secured to the lower end of a vertical shaft, J, and thus give rotatory motion to it when thehorse-power cog-Wheelisrotated. For this purpose a socket, K, is formed on the outer edge of the horse-power cog-wheel of such form and strength as to admit of holding the end of a lever, L, to which the horses are attached to rotate the wheel. The length of this lever is governed by the area of the truck, around hich the horses attached to the outer end of the lever have to travel to propel the huskerrollers M and stripper-rollers N. These rollers are arranged in suitable bearin gs in a frame, I?, secured upon a platform, Q, in a solid and permanent manner by bolts or other suitable means, so as to make the platform and frame as one entire-'frame of the husker-machine. The object of this is, first, to make a standing place on the truck-frame for the man engaged in feeding the stalks of corn into the stripping and husking rollers; second, in making a platform for the support of the husker on the truckframe; and, third, for the purpose of combining the husker with the truck-frame and horsepower cog-wheel. This latter operation is effected by means of the square' arbor F on the head of the vstud E, which fits into a square platform of the husker-machine. This bed-v mortise hole in the center of the platform, and is held securely therein by a screw-nut on the screw-tap G binding against the upper surface of the platform to hold it firmly down upon the head of the stud E. By this means the platform and husker-machine is held firmly to the truck-frame while permitting the horsepower cog-wheel H to rotate freelyon its axis E undern cath it to transmit a rotatory motion through the pinion-Wheel I to the husker and stripper rollers of the machine. For the purpose of adding to the support of the platform and giving steadiness of motion to the horsepower cog-wheel as it rotates, friction-rollers R are secured to the lower side of the platform in suitable bearings, so that they will rest upon the upper surface of the horse-power cogwheel at opposite parts of it, and thus balance each other to keep the platform and husker in a level and steady position while rotating the husker and stripper rollers. The rotation 0I these several rollers is effected ,by means of bevel-cog wheels S and T secured on the vertical shaft J through the rotation of the pinion-wheel I. The bevel-cog wheel S gears i11- to a cog-wheel, U, on the lower stripper-roller i N, havin g on its opposite end a small cog-wheel,

W, to transmit rotatory motion to the upper stripper-rollerXbymeans ofthecog-wheelYon its end. These stripper-rollers are arranged in suitable bearings transversely ofthe upper back end of the husker-machine, and are made substantially like the stripper-rollers shown in my patent ofthe 21st March, 1871, and therefore 'I do not deem it necessaryto give anyparticular description of their precise construction. To rotate the husker-rollers the bevel-cog wheel T gears into the cog-wheel a2 on the outer end of -a shaft, b2, at right angles to the vertical shaft J and arranged in suitable bearings at the back end of the husker-frameon aline with the upper ends of the husker-rollers, and about half way across the husker-fraine. 0n the inner end of the shaft b2 is a second bevelcog wheel, c2, for transmitting rotatory motion to the husking-rollers through the series of cog-wheels on their upper ends, and gearing one into the other to connect them all together and give them a uniform and simultaneous rotatory motion to strip the husk from the ear of corn. These husker-rollers are arranged, in pairs, in suitable bearings c2 at the front and back ends of the husker-frame, so as to have a gradual descent from the back end of the frame to its front end, that as the husk is stripped from the ear of corn it will readily descend the slant of the rollers and be discharged from the machine. Between each pair of husker-rollers is a guide-strip, V, which forms one side of a trough, of which the husker-roller Mis the opposite side and the huskerroller m2 is the bottom of the trough. The object of this arrangement of the rollers M and m2 with reference to the guide strip Vis to keep the ear of corn in close contact with of metal around the ends of the rollers or by a screws, as may be desired. The object of making the rack and revolving spur-wheel together is,'1rst, for the purpose of obtaining a succession of points to act on the husk to tear it from the ear of corn, and thus avoid the great delay of inserting solid points when they happen to break off, as they often do; second, for the purpose of obtaining a yieldingpoint should it be opposed by any great strain, and yet, by the rotation of the spur, present a new point to attack the husk; with a fixed or solid point inserted in the face of a roller, when opposed by any great strain it must break olf or slip past the ear, and thus allow the ear of corn to escape from the troughs before the rollers could act on it again; and third, for the purpose of making the spur-wheels and racks to which they are secured removable or adjustable in the husker-rollers. The reason for this will be obvious. In husker-rollers the points are usually not more than the eighth of an inch in length, and perhaps a little more in diameter. These are constantlybreakin g oif or rounding off by the constant Wear they are subjected to by the gritty nature of the husks, and thus become utterly ,worthless and have to be renewed. To renew them requires the huskerrollers being taken out of the machine, and to a drilling-machine, to extract the old stumps, thus often losing days of time; whereas, by making the spurs and securin g them to racks, and channeling the husker-rollers, new sets of points may be secured into the rollers in a few minutes. Of course, the spurs are previously supplied to the purchaser. When thus supplied, they are attached to the adjustable rack by the simple transfer of the old spur from its center pin, and, as they cannot get off it when the rack is inserted in the channel in the roller, the whole operation of renewing the points causes but a slight delay in the operations of the machine, while at the same time it is an immense saving in time and money to the farmer. Letter k2 is a shield or gear-protector, secured by hinges to the back end ofthe frame of the husker-machine; and pzis ahinged table-board, secured to one of the upper rails of the husker-machine, so that when shut down it forms a table on which the bundle of stalks is placed preparatory to being fed into the stripper-rollers, and when open admits of access to the husker-rollers to clean or adjust them, as may be required.

, Having now described my invention, I will proceed to set forth what Iclam and desire to secure by Letters Patent 0f the United States:

l. I claim, in a locomotive horse-power cornhusker, the combination of the truck A B G With the cog-Wheel H and stud and arbor E and F, all constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the revolving spur- Wheel or comb f2 and removable or adjustable rack h2 with the husker-rollers M and m2, secured in longitudinal channels therein, substantially as hereinbefore described, and for the purposes set forth.

K JACOB RUSSELL. Witnesses:

CHARLES L. BARRITT, FRANKLIN BARRITT. 

